Modern Vespa

Ok... What do we think? Seat covers are easy... I have never seen seat cushion.... What are my options?

Thank you, good idea! I'll be watching this one. I'm gonna go get some pics.

I want to hear from Magg & see more of his pics too.

You can find foam, most larger cities will have a foam warehouse of some sort. You will have to take the piece you have with you when you visit in order to get the same density. As far as shaping it to form, I have always used a cheap electric carving knife, works good and fast. The foam you have now does not look that bad. Unless it is all crumbly or smelly, I would reuse it.

What? I know nothing about seats.

I recovered one once, but I also replaced the foam with some nice hard stuff from a local mattress factory. It turned out ok.

You could try putting a thing layer of soft foam on top of what you have there and then put a new cover over it.

Man I love the patina!!! You should just run it like that. It is only original once!

I once read a post recommending to use a piece of foam you put under your sleeping bag while camping.

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Ok I am an idiot. SWEDEN, not Norway!!! Both you guys do nice work, and I'm easily confused. Paging GR if you have anything you'd like to add. I have 3 seats like OP'S, one of them some kind of factory sport 'Corsa' style for smallies I'd LOVE to fix up first.
This one:

Hi,
Your options could be this...
http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt51/bfnj5j8/Blue%20Badge%20Restoration/Blue%20Badge%20Seat%20project/

If you need some of the dense foam padding and the batting, I have some left over.

The link says "private album"

I'll fix it.
Thanks for letting me know.

Nice work!

Oh Good! I fixed it correctly. I'm still developing those skill sets.
Happy Trails....

Thank you, that's perfect. Wheel, not gonna reinvent you this time!

Whew!

currently redoing a seat or two...

there's a local shop called "the friendly foam shop" -- they can match the piece of foam in there. I'm re using the rubber mat. as for the vinyl, there is a local shop that supplies marine vinyl (seattle fabrics). they even have glittery vinyl.

just taking apart what's left of the original seat cover, tracing it, and cutting the new vinyl and sewing it together.

I get crap from my girlfriend for saying this, but it's pretty simple. you can even buy pre-made replacement covers online (like scooterwest.com) for most seats.

I'm even going the extra mile and redoing the "P I A G G I O" sticker in the badge on the back of the seat.